What can I do to fight climate change?
Everyone can make a contribution to climate protection! In line with the motto “Avoid, reduce and compensate”
There are various solutions to reduce your personal greenhouse gas emissions and help to do something against global warming. Pay attention to your lifestyle and try to reduce your resource consumption and your impact on the environment and climate.
The most common everyday causes of harmful emissions are travel with cars or airplanes, heating and electricity usage and our consumption behavior.
Some simple tips to reduce your own ecological footprint and contribute towards climate protection:
THINGS YOU CAN DO FROM HOME
- Save electricity by plugging appliances into a power strip and turning them off completely when not in use, including your computer
- Switch the lights off when you leave a room. This saves electricity, money and helps to protect the environment.
- Let your hair and clothes dry naturally instead of running a machine. If you do wash your clothes, make sure the load is full.
- Take short showers. Bathtubs require gallons more water than a 5-10 minute shower.
- Eat less meat, poultry, and fish. More resources are used to provide meat than plants
- Compost—composting food scraps can reduce climate impact while also recycling nutrients.
- Recycling paper, plastic, glass & aluminum keeps landfills from growing.
- Buy minimally packaged goods.
- Adjust your thermostat, lower in winter, higher in summer
- Replace old appliances with energy-efficient models and light bulbs
Environmentally-friendly travel
- Walk or use your bicycle for short ways
- Use public transport such as trains or buses.
- Always avoid flying if possible. The greenhouse gas balance of flights has the highest level of emissions when compared to other forms of transport.
- Full cars have lower energy consumption per person and thus cause fewer CO₂ emissions than a car with just one passenger.
Reconsider consumer behavior
- Become aware of your consumer behavior and actively decide what you really need.
- Do a bit of online research and buy only from companies that you know have sustainable practices and don’t harm the environment.
- Use rental services, especially for rarely used products, or shared use systems such as car sharing.
- Question your diet and the system behind it. The large selection of different fruits and vegetables in winter highlights the imports of exotic foods
Use your voice to fight climate change!
Call on our global leaders to commit to acting and tackle the climate emergency
Get informed so you can help other to understand
Education is key to understanding the climate crisis and what you can do to take action.
Find ways to donate to organisations tackling climate change
You can look for your local organisations and support their work to tackle climate change by donating your time or money.
